 Driving rules question
Neil Williams wrote:
>
> I saw it at Liverpool Lime St a few weeks ago, though it wasn't in the
> way of a signal. Presumably the signaller should take some of the
> blame in this case for signalling 4 more cars of 156 into a platform
> that already contained 4 cars of 156, when the platform isn't quite
> long enough for said units.
How does the signaller know that the train is 2 x 156?
How would the driver know there were already four
coaches (rather than two) in the platform?
I remember an evening at Manchester Oxford Road in the
days when the 17:20 Piccadilly - North Wales train
was loco-hauled. A loco and four coaches just fits
platform 1, but the loco had failed and another had
been attached at the front... troubles can also
occur with up trains at Oxford Road platform 4
if a 2 x 156 set arrives and the signal halfway
along the platform does not clear.
Charlie |